Domestic Manners of the Americans
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel
| Author: | Fanny Trollope | ISBN: | 9780141960166 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | November 30, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Fanny Trollope |
| ISBN: | 9780141960166 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | November 30, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. But what followed was a tragicomedy of illness, scandal and failed business ventures. Nevertheless, on her return to England Fanny turned her misfortunes into a remarkable book. A masterpiece of nineteenth-century travel-writing, Domestic Manners of the Americans is a vivid and hugely witty satirical account of a nation and was a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic.
When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. But what followed was a tragicomedy of illness, scandal and failed business ventures. Nevertheless, on her return to England Fanny turned her misfortunes into a remarkable book. A masterpiece of nineteenth-century travel-writing, Domestic Manners of the Americans is a vivid and hugely witty satirical account of a nation and was a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic.
